Adders

[meths]

Adders are very common in my area, Ayrshire, and on the Isle of Arran, if anyone has got any interesting info on them i'd like to see it

The Adder -Vipera berus- is Scotlands only poisonous snake and has claimed a few lives in it's time, although this is a very rare occurence and there has been no record of a death for a number of years. The other snakes that occur are not poisonous, they are the grass snake and the slowworm. The Adder is found all over the mainland and on some of the islands but is more common on the dry moorland in the east of the country.

[Shrimply]

They go black if they nest in compost heaps.
I have only once seen a fully grown one here although a baby did turn up in my pimary school playground.

[John Pilling]

1 was found dead near me, it was in the road and apparntley came down from 1 of the local farms who were using pestasites. I do know they are rare near me tho, but their is still a small population. Grass snakes are more common near me tho, i've seen a few in the wild.

[Dave]

ive seen a few, i used to go catching em, maybe il try an find the photos of the days when i used to go out and catch snakes if anyones interested?

[John Pilling]

Yeah Dave if you can find any pic's and post them it would be great.

[Dave]

oldish photos back when i were a nipper haha

cant say where there caught or i'd find you all up there





hope you like em, they sure brought back good memories to me

[Dave]

also just to add, we did release it after

[lozzer]

Wow nice catch,looks like a female adder to me.

[Dave]

it was actualy a male lol, also note the heavy duty glove lol dont take your chances with them as there really unpredictable!

[John Pilling]

They can give a nasty bite, nice find and i'm glad it was catch and release.

Have you seen any latley?

[lozzer]

Oh ok males tend to be alot smaller than females and are usually black and white where as females are a bit more colourful but its kinda hard to tell from the photo.

[Dave]

yeah i see em alot where i live still and we go out ocasionaly and catch a few but not as much now as we used to

[lee]

cool pics david
round my area we see loads of them and get them on back garden ocassionally trying to eat the frogs etc
was lucky enough to see a smooth snake and a few green lizards once too
lee

[MacAdder]

Dave I am a volunteer snake catcher in Cape Town, South Africa and my clothing is usually a pair of shorts, sandals and a hook stick. I remove anything and have survived 20 years doing this. Loose the gloves mate. ;D